Canada invites 761 PNP candidates through 19th Express Entry draw

Canada, the best country in the world to agile, amazes its migrants by conducting 19 Express Entry draws just for PNP candidates in 2021. On September 29, 2021, Canada held its 19th Express Entry draw and invited 761 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence. These candidates previously received nominations under a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), which accounts for the automatic addition of 600 points to their base Express Entry score. Hence their score will increase to more than 700, and the minimum score required for this draw is 742. In the previous PNP draws, the IRCC (Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada) invited 521 PNP candidates having a minimum score of at least 732.

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The new draw is larger but also has a higher score cutoff, suggesting there are more high-scoring candidates in the pool under the Provincial Nominee Class.  Number of ITAs issued in 2021 IRCC invited more Express Entry candidates in 2021, to apply for permanent residence. In 2020, IRCC issued 107,350 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) through the Express Entry system. In 2021, IRCC has issued more than 108,000 invitations till date and still has 3 months to complete the year. The number of ITAs were driven through the roof on February 13, when IRCC invited every single Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidate in the pool.

Year	Number of ITAs
2020	78,350
2021	109,696

  Express Entry Draws So far this year, IRCC held only CEC and PNP draws. For this reason, the minimum score cutoffs have been up and down. Whenever there is a PNP draw the minimum score is considerably higher, since PNP candidates have all received a 600 point award. CEC draws tend to be lower, because the invited candidates are not competing with candidates that are eligible for other programs. However, if the CEC draw is considerably smaller, it could raise the score cutoff since IRCC is taking less off the top.

Recent draws	Express Entry Draws	Score
24-Jun-21	CEC only draw	357
7-Jul	PNP only draw	760
8-Jul	CEC only draw	369
21-Jul	PNP only draw	734
22-Jul	CEC only draw	357
4-Aug	PNP only draw	760
5-Aug	CEC only draw	404
18-Aug	PNP only draw	751
19-Aug	CEC only draw	403
1-Sep	PNP only draw	764
14-Sep	CEC only draw	462
15-Sep	PNP only draw	732
29-Sep	PNP only draw	742

  What is Express Entry? Express Entry is the most popularly used program to migrate to Canada. It aims to manage skilled worker applications under Federal Economic programs which include:

• Federal Skilled Worker Program
• Federal Skilled Trades Program
• Canada Experience Class
• Few parts of the Provincial Nomination Programs

PNP candidates get 600 points with their PNP nomination. So, the PNP draws are always greater than the Express Entry Draws. If you are looking to Study, Work, Visit, Invest, or Migrate to Canada, talk to Y-Axis, the World’s No.1 Immigration & Visa Company. If you found this blog engaging, you may also like … British Columbia invites 422 to apply for BC PNP nomination